Chaos theory as a lens for interpreting blogging

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-128

  Guo, Xitong ^a   Vogel, Doug ^a   Zhou, Zhongyun ^b   Zhang, Xi ^a   Chen, Huaping ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Blog traffic; Blogging; Blogosphere; Blogosphere structure; Chaos theory; Global financial crisis; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BLOGGING; BLOGOSPHERES; GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; REAL SITUATION; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; TRAFFIC DYNAMICS;

BLOGS;

EID: 69249202534     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222260105     Document Type: Article

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